Antifreezng faucet or street-washer.



J. T. BARNETT. AN'IIIFREEZING FAUGET 0B STREET WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1901.

928,047; Patnted July 13,1909;

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UNITED sTArrEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. HARN ET'I OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTIFREEZING FAUCET OB STREET-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed July 18, 1907. Serial No. 384,348.

Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inAntifreezing Faucets or Street-Washers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in antifreezingfaucets or street washers, and has for its object to provide a iexceedingly simple and effective construction by which the water is cutoff from the faucet at a considerable distance therefrom or inside ofthe building thus preventing the freezing of water in the faucet oradjacent thereto.

A further object of my invention is to so construct a valve that it willbe readily guided into place from the opposite end of the extensionpipe, and a still further object of my invention is to so construct thefaucet that. it will have a free passage for the water and at the sametime permit the Withdrawal of the valve and valve stem through thefaucet.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappcrtains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyi11gdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aside view of a faucet made in accordance with my improvement showing theextension pipe and connection for the service pipe, and Fig. 2, acentral longitudinal section thereof.

In carrying out my invention as here cmbodied A represents the faucethaving a straightway opening therethrough the outer portion of saidopening being threaded as indicated at B for the reception of thethreaded portion of the operating handle and D reprcsen ts the threadedcap secured upon the outside of the outer end of the faucet which may bepacked in the usual manner to pre- The-inner end of the faucet isinternally threaded to receive the extension pipe E, the opposite endofwhich pipe is also threaded to receive the valve easing l, and

this valve casing has formed therein the valve seat G and also isthreaded as indicated at H for couphng to the service pipe.

I represents the valve stem whic 1 consists of a rod of suitable lengthwhich is attached to the operating handle C while the opposite endthereof has secured thereon the valve J, the latter having a Washer anda tapered shank K adapted to pass through the hole in the valve seat soas to guide the latter into place.

In practice the e. tension pipe E is passed through the wall of thebuilding and the 'valve casing is threaded thereon while the servicepipe is coupled to the opposite end of the valve casing after which thefaucet is threaded upon the outer end of the extension pipe. When thishas been accomplished the valve and valve rod are passed through thefaucet until the tapered shank passes into the hole in the valve seatwhen the threaded portion of the operating handle is screwed into theend of the faucet and the cap I) screwed upon the outside thereof. Whenthe valve is closed by turning the operating handle in the properdirection the water will be cut off back of the valve casing and whatremains in the extension pipe and faucet will drain therefrom and as thevalve casing is inside of the building the water will not freeze, yetwhen the valve is open by the proper manipulation of the operatinghandle the water will freely flow through the extension pipe and fromthe faucet.

()ne of the advantages of my improvement is that when it is desired toremove the valve for repair or other purposes this may be accomplishedby simply threading oil the cap I) and backing oil' the operating handleand the valve and valve stem may be withdrawn.

Ilaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, is-

In an anti-freezing faucet, a pipe having a threaded end, a valve casingcomposed of an annular body having its opposite ends intoriorly threadedand having one of said ends threaded onto said threzuled end of saidpipe, a central partition in said body having a cen tral aperture, and acountersunk part which forms a valve seat, a valve having a body and ashank, a washer received over said shank at the base thereof and beingadapted to be received in said countersunk part which forms the valveseat, said shank beyond said washer being tapered and termimay beoperated, carried by the opposite nating in an extension ofapproximately end of the pipe.

uniform diameter which is disposed in said I In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto afpartition opening and which normally exfixed mysignature in the presence of two 5 tends on the outer side of theypartition, said subscribing witnesses.

valve body being formed with a threaded I opening which extends intoits' shank, a JOHN valve rod threaded into said last named Witnesses:

opening, and a faucet, having means con- WM. Q. HARNETT,

10 neoted to said valve rod whereby the same J. FRANKLIN Moss.

